Decoration and process of making same.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

J.D.KYLE. 'DECORATION AND PROCESS" 0F MAKING SAME.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 249, 1902.

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NiTno STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

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JOSEPH D. KYLE, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of4 Letters Patent No. 789,697, dated May 9, 1905.

Appiimion'tied May 29,1902. serai No. 109,410.

To (ir/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. KYLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Olark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Decorations and Processes of Making Same, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to decorations and the process of making the same, and has for its object the production of a decoration mounted upon a transparent or translucent base and having the appearance of what is known as cathedral` glassor art glass, while at the same time the decoration may be more quickly and less expensively produced, and artistic effects may be obtained which are not obtainable with such glass produced in the ordinary manner.

My present invention is in the nature of an improvement upon that set forth in Letters Patent No. 667,444, granted to me February.

5, 1901; and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a decoration constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View of the same, taken on the line a of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the process which I have invented, a base 1 is first provided, of glass or other similar transparent or translucent material. In the preferred form of my invention this base has one of its surfaces roughened, either mechanically or chemically, being, in fact, what is technically known as ground glass, and the roughened surface being that to which the decoration is applied.

In practice, however, my invention is equally applicable to glass which does not have a roughened surface. To one surface of this base a coating 2, of transparent baking-enamel or white copal varnish, is applied in a liquid condition, its adhesive character causing it to adhere to the surface of the base, where it is fixed by subjecting it to heat, or, in other words, baking it. On the surface thus prepared the outlines of the design are next applied by means of raised lines 3, of a suitable compositionAsuch, for instance, as that set forth in my prior Letters Patent hei-einbefore referred to-the same being applied in a plastic condition and the composition or composition metal being in itself adhesive. I may employ for this purpose a composition consisting of flux, manganese, litharge, and bakingenamel in substantially equal parts. Vhere ground glass is employed for the base, the application of the coating 2 to the base prior to the application of the lines thereon facilitates the proper application of said lines, for the reason that the coating enhances or partially restores the transparency of the glass, so that the outlines of the decoration having been drawn or otherwise formed upon a sheet of paper or other suitable material, so as to form a pattern, the glass base, which is rendered sufiiciently transparent for the purpose, may be placed directly on the pattern, and the composition lines may then be readily placed upon the glass base in proper position, since the lines of the pattern are rendered sufficiently visible for this purpose by the employment of the coating of transparent enamel. The base thus coated and having the composition lines formed thereon is subjected to another baking, the heat drying' the composition and causing it to adhere to its position with great firmness and tenacity, the adhesive coating 2 being of material advantage in effecting this adhesion of the lines to the base. The outline of the composition being thus firmly fixed upon the base, the desired color effects are produced by painting in the design by a brush in the usual manner, using transparent or translucent permanent tube colors, the colors being indicated at 4. After the painting in of the coloring the decoration may be, and preferably is, again baked and is finally entirely coated over with a covering 5, of insulating baking-varnish, and baked until said coating is thoroughly dry and forms an outer protective coating for the decoration.

In painting in the design or picture I prefer to mix the transparent permanent tube colors with the enamel or varnish hereinbefore specified-to wit, white baking copal varnish-for the reason that I have found in prac- IOO tice that such mixture serves not only to increase the transparency of the colors, but also to eliminate practically all brush-marks from the resulting product, so that when the decoration is completed the colors of the picture appear to bein the body of the glass itself and no surface brush-markings remain to indicate that the picture has been painted on the prepared surface of the glass. In some cases, however, satisfactory results may be obtained without thus mixing the enamel with the colors used in painting the design or picture. I prefer to employ a glass base having a roughened surface, such base being herein designated by the technical term ground glass, although the roughening may be producedeither chemically or mechanically by other means than grinding, for the reason that the roughened surface thus provided insures a better adhesion of the decoration to the base. Where such a base is employed, the first or preliminary coating is of material advantage, as hereinbefore pointed out, for the reason that it permits the use of a pattern under the glass in the application of the raised lines of the des1gn.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The process of making art glass which consists in coating a transparent base with an adhesive coating, then applying on the latter the raised lines of the design in plastic condition and allowing the same to harden, and then painting in the appropriate pigments between the lines of the design to secure the desired color effects, substantially as set forth.

2. The process of making art glass which consists in coating a transparent base with an adhesive coating, subjecting the base and coating to artificial heat to harden and bake the latter, then applying on such coating the raised lines of the design in plastic condition, then hardening such lines and causing them to adhere to the coating by subjecting the whole again to anl artificialV heat, and Ythen painting in the appropriate pigments between the lines of the design to secure the desired color effects, substantially as set forth.

8. The process of making art glass which consists in coating a transparent base with a transparent colorless adhesive coating, subjecting such base and coating to artificial heat to harden and bake the latter, then applying on such coating the raised lines of the design in plastic condition, then hardening such lines and causing them to adhere to the coating by subjecting the whole again to an artificial heat, then painting in the appropriate pigments between the lines of the design to secure the desired color effects, and finally coating the whole with a moisture-proof varnish, substantially as set forth.

4t. As a new article of manufacture, an art glass consisting of a transparent base, a transparent colorless adhesive coating superposed thereon, composition -metal lines overlying and adhering to said coating and forming the outlines of the design, and suitable pigments disposed over the coating between the metal lines of the design. substantially as described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, an art glass consisting of a glass base, a transparent colorless adhesive coating in the nature of a baking-enamel superposed thereon, composition-metal lines overlying and adhering to said coating and forming the outlines of the design, suitable pigments applied over the coating between the metal lines of the design, and a moisture-proof varnish covering the whole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH D. KYLE.

Witnesses:

E. O. HAGAN, IRVINE MILLER. 

